megami:
this is nice did you compose or you made everything from scratch

akinolaa76:



I made everything from scratch.

Jeshurun90:
Good day sir. I am really inspired by your works and write-up, especially how you started from the scratch. Anyway, I would love to know the name of the eight software you learned in the past 5 years.

akinolaa76:


1. iClone
2. Character Creator
3. Filmora
4. Photoshop
5. Unreal Engine
6. PremierPro
7. Substance Painter
8. Audacity


Other ones I have one thing or another to go to include: Blender, AfterEffects and Daz Studio

Thank you reaching out. I learnt number 1 to 4 simultaneously at the beginning. I started with these as they afforded me the opportunity to focus solely on animations and filmmaking (without going through the rigours of modelling). I then picked up 5, 6 and 7 simultaneously as they are a major upgrade to what I already know. Unreal engine (for cinematics) for example relies on realtime animation and realtime rendering which makes it really easy to use if you know how to use iClone.

If you have further questions, I will be happy to answer.

Jeshurun90:


Thank you sir. I have a few questions to ask.
i. What specifications does a system require for effective functionality of the software listed ?
ii. Can one get those software for free?
iii. Are the tutorials available online (from beginner to advance level)?

akinolaa76:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jp_kGvKZw


The hope is for the first episode to be out in the first quarter of 2024.

Kindly comment. And if you will like to be a part of this in any capacity, please reach out.

akinolaa76:
I am inspired to write this night and maybe this will inspire someone.

Well, all the recent videos posted here in this thread have been the several tests and practices towards achieving something special with my personal project. I have waited over two years to actually feel like being ready to do something special with it. It is a project I have announced here on nairaland before but I paused it due to the low confidence I had in my skill despite having enough to pull it off at the time. But the wait is even better as my skills have improved tremendously over those two years.

Over the last five years however, I have acquired the following skills:
1. Filmmaking (cinematography and directing).
2. 3D Animation (both keyframing and motion capturing).
3. Motion Capturing (acting and directing).
4. I am proficient in 8 softwares (Four 3D softwares, two video editing softwares, one photo editing software and one sound editing softwares), my level of proficiency differs though as I mostly only focus on what I need those softwares to achieve and not necessarily learning everything the softwares can do. Three of these softwares were learnt this year only.

I never had a teacher nor been to school to learn any of these. I have two degrees both in Nigeria and the UK, yet none of these skills have any bearing on my degrees. In fact, if any of you can go back to my earliest posts about animations on nairaland, you can see where I started from. From that person who posted a crappy animated short. My go to places are Youtube and google. With those two, you can learn anything in the world without spending a dime (well except data sha).

Having completed the animation of a 3D feature length movie titled The Lost Treasure (Details and demo to be found here https://www.thelosttreasurefilm.com/) in May 2021, I decided to test all these skills I have acquired on my personal project as it seem that is what is missing. The Lost Treasure is an hour long feature length 3D animated movie. All characters, scenes and animations were done by me right in my living room. The experience did not just inspire me but I realised the strength of what I carry in my head.

That said, you all will be seeing a lot of this personal short movie soon enough. The project is about 60% done. All scenes and characters are ready. I am currently working on the previz of the sequences to ascertain what motion assets I have and how much of motion capturing I need to do for the characters. There will be three main characters and I will be doing all their voiceovers and you will never guessed in a million years that these voice overs were done by just one person. Wait for it!

This 3D animated short promises to change your ideas about what just one person can achieve when it comes to 3D animations. If you are reading this and you seem stuck with whatever skill youre learning, remember that people do not necessarily need to see the little progress you are making everyday. The validation of your progress you need is you going to bed at night and knowing you have added something to your skill for that day. It is a gradual process that will pay off.


Now, if you are into 3D and wishes to connect, please send me a mail and I will sure reply you with my number or if you can find my number here on nairaland somewhere. I have had the privilege to connect with a lot people who are into 3D from here and I have in fact formed great bonds and friendships.



-Akin I-Win

dauntless15:
I am passionate about it and intend getting a laptop by Feb that'd handle it, what is your system specs?

akinolaa76:
Core i9 11th Gen. 32gb RAM. RTX 3070 8gb VRAM 3TB SSD. I guess these are the once that matter.

akinolaa76:
I am inspired to write this night and maybe this will inspire someone.

Well, all the recent videos posted here in this thread have been the several tests and practices towards achieving something special with my personal project. I have waited over two years to actually feel like being ready to do something special with it. It is a project I have announced here on nairaland before but I paused it due to the low confidence I had in my skill despite having enough to pull it off at the time. But the wait is even better as my skills have improved tremendously over those two years.

Over the last five years however, I have acquired the following skills:
1. Filmmaking (cinematography and directing).
2. 3D Animation (both keyframing and motion capturing).
3. Motion Capturing (acting and directing).
4. I am proficient in 8 softwares (Four 3D softwares, two video editing softwares, one photo editing software and one sound editing softwares), my level of proficiency differs though as I mostly only focus on what I need those softwares to achieve and not necessarily learning everything the softwares can do. Three of these softwares were learnt this year only.

I never had a teacher nor been to school to learn any of these. I have two degrees both in Nigeria and the UK, yet none of these skills have any bearing on my degrees. In fact, if any of you can go back to my earliest posts about animations on nairaland, you can see where I started from. From that person who posted a crappy animated short. My go to places are Youtube and google. With those two, you can learn anything in the world without spending a dime (well except data sha).

Having completed the animation of a 3D feature length movie titled The Lost Treasure (Details and demo to be found here https://www.thelosttreasurefilm.com/) in May 2021, I decided to test all these skills I have acquired on my personal project as it seem that is what is missing. The Lost Treasure is an hour long feature length 3D animated movie. All characters, scenes and animations were done by me right in my living room. The experience did not just inspire me but I realised the strength of what I carry in my head.

That said, you all will be seeing a lot of this personal short movie soon enough. The project is about 60% done. All scenes and characters are ready. I am currently working on the previz of the sequences to ascertain what motion assets I have and how much of motion capturing I need to do for the characters. There will be three main characters and I will be doing all their voiceovers and you will never guessed in a million years that these voice overs were done by just one person. Wait for it!

This 3D animated short promises to change your ideas about what just one person can achieve when it comes to 3D animations. If you are reading this and you seem stuck with whatever skill youre learning, remember that people do not necessarily need to see the little progress you are making everyday. The validation of your progress you need is you going to bed at night and knowing you have added something to your skill for that day. It is a gradual process that will pay off.


Now, if you are into 3D and wishes to connect, please send me a mail and I will sure reply you with my number or if you can find my number here on nairaland somewhere. I have had the privilege to connect with a lot people who are into 3D from here and I have in fact formed great bonds and friendships.



-Akin I-Win

Benjamin4388:
which affordable system or laptop is best suit for learning and practising this skills

akinolaa76:



A good gaming system.... Nvidia GPU with 4 or 8gbVRAM, 16 or 32gbRAM, 10th , 11th or 12th generation Intel Processor, an SSD.

These are just suggestions. The bigger it is the better.

Benjamin4388:
PLEASE HAVE AN IDEA THE COST RANGE FOR THIS KIND OF SPEC